I am just an old gal, with some time on her hands, and loose thoughts from time to time... Wife, mother of 8, grandmother of 20 and great-grandmother of 15

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Kicking Direct TV to the curb....

Almost
a month ago we kicked Direct TV to the curb.

Got
tired of the rates going up, them changing the channels

with
no prior notice, or dropping a channel without notice.

We
used the smallest unit they had.. which I believe it has

125
channels.. but in that count is the
music channels we

don't
listen to... also we don't do the religious, nor do we do

the
sports channels. So that cuts out a
lot.. and of course

you
can cross off the commercial (like QVC?)selling

channels
as well. Actually I think we watch
about 20

channels
off and on. ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, FOX.

And
we watched regularly A&E, DISCOVER, NATIONAL

GEOGRAPHY
WILD, and some hunting channel that

the
King found. Occasionally CNN, TCM, and AMC.

And
that is about it. That is what? 11
channels.. so guess

it
is less than 20. For that we were paying $75 a month.

We
now pay nothing. We have an antenna on top of our house from
the time before Direct TV. We have the possible of 14 channels
or maybe more. but there is 7 of those we wouldn't watched
as they are 51.1 thru 51.7 and are religious. I say we have
the possibility of it as with all the wind storms we have had over
the past 2 and half years, the antenna has shifted over a bit.Right now we get two channels all the time
and a couple others
if the weather is right. CBS and NBC.. So we need to go
up and turn the antenna slightly. Be nice to have a rotator.

But
we haven't gotten around to do it.. because we have been too
busy.

Having
just the two channels hasn't been bad actually. It is

the
channel 4 series. That is ABC, which also cares the METV ...Memories
Entertainment TV. Which carries, just about any 1960
show you want to see. Bonanza, Big Valley, Dragnet, Gillian's
Island, Rifleman, Mod Squad, Adam 12, and etc.

1 comment:

I wish we could drop the ones we don't use. The way the tiers are set up here, we have to get a whole bunch we don't want just to get one that we do want!$200 per month with no HBO or Showtime. No competition until just recently. How crazy are we?